- An engaging guide which delves deep into the facts to assess how far women's rights have advanced over recent decades and how much needs to change to achieve true equality. - Contains a brief history of women's rights, from 900 BC to the present day. - Contains numerous text boxes with case studies, charts and graphs to illustrate points clearly. - Covers maternal mortality, abortion, contraception and HIV; poverty, development and work; politics and the law; education; violence in the home and in conflicts; sexuality, realtionships and old age. - Comparative US information throughout. - Includes analysis of George Bush's poor record on women's rights, as well as the landmark that would be Hillary Clinton's election as President. - Course adoption: Women's Studies, Women in the Modern World, Feminist Theory, Feminist Political Theory, Culture and Gender, Anthropology of Women, Sociology of Women, Psychology of Gender, Sexuality and the Law, Women in Business, Women in Politics.